As a young girl, I have many fond memories of listening to my great grandmother Mary, re-telling tales of her early life. Her body then ravaged by arthritis left her unable to move without great pain, but her mind was still sharp and her memory most accurate. It was no secret that from an early age she had “seen spirits”. The first, as a young child, was when she awoke to a small girl pulling at her blankets from the bottom of her bed. When she asked aloud “what do you want?”